21-Jan-2010 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers, the pub and restaurant operator, has this morning unveiled plans to double six key brands within its business. In a...
Piedmont agrees to compromise with M&B - up to a point
20-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Piedmont Inc., the investment vehicle in dispute with Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), said today it is not seeking to control the managed pub...
19-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has reiterated that it is willing to reach a compromise with its largest investor Piedmont.
M&B offers compromise in board appointments row
19-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has offered disgruntled shareholders a compromise in its efforts to end to a damaging row which threatens the...
What now for Mitchells & Butlers?
18-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) probably thought it was out of the woods two years ago when it waved good-bye to shareholder Robert Tchenguiz, who...
Grogan calls for resolution to M&B investor row
18-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
John Grogan, Labour MP and chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group, has called for certain Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) shareholders...
18-Jan-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor, is writing to the chairman of the Financial Services Authority over the M&B saga.
16-Jan-2010 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
The battle for control of Mitchells & Butlers has taken another twist after it was revealed that the Takeover Panel has dismissed the pub group's...
City watchdog rejects M&B takeover claims
15-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
City watchdogs have rejected claims by managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) that certain shareholders were acting together - or "in...
Blood & Co argue M&B board case
13-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
The four men whom Mitchells & Butlers' (M&B) shareholder Piedmont Inc proposes join the pub operator's board have rejected M&B's...
Piedmont accuses M&B board of misleading investors
13-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
The battle for the future of Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) intensified as Piedmont, the investment vehicle owned by Joe Lewis, who owns 23 per...
13-Jan-2010 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers investor Piedmont has accused the board of presiding over a "culture of obfuscation and excess".
M&B appeals to shareholders ahead of AGM board vote
12-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has appealed to shareholders to vote for what it called a "strong and balanced" board and ignore attempts by a...
11-Jan-2010 By Tamara Sender, M&C Report
M&B has recommended that shareholders accept two of the four independent board nominees put forward by Piedmont.
Piedmont nominates new man to M&B board
05-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has received a proposal to appoint Ronald Robson, a representative of Piedmont, the group owned by Joe Lewis, who...
M&B sees sales lift but profits slide
22-Dec-2009 By John Harrington
Rising consumer confidence since the start of August has helped Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) report improved sales across 2009, but profits are still down.
17-Dec-2009 By Martyn Leek, M&C Report
Piedmont, Joe Lewis's investment vehicle, has called for four well-known retail and leisure industry figures to be appointed to the board of Mitchells & Butlers.
Mitchells & Butlers set for AGM shareholder showdown
17-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), the managed pub group, has appealed to investors for help in fending off actions by a number of majority...
14-Dec-2009 By Gemma McKenna
A further three racing magnates have been revealed as major shareholders in Mitchells & Butlers. Together Michael Tabor, Dermot Desmond and...
03-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Billionaire investor Joe Lewis investor threatens to vote out directors at the annual general meeting next month.
01-Dec-2009 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers has won its power struggle with Joe Lewis and appointed Simon Laffin as its new chairman.
M&B names Simon Laffin as its new chairman
01-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers appeared to have won a battle with major shareholder Joe Lewis and appointed a new chairman of the group. After yesterday's...
M&B goes to Takeover Panel over Lewis move
30-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
Managed pub group Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has approached the Takeover Panel over what it says is evidence that certain shareholders are...
30-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers is to approach the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers to rule whether its largest shareholder has been trying to gain control of...
M&B reports a robust performance
26-Nov-2009 By The PMA Team
Managed pub company Mitchells & Butlers has reported a "robust" performance in challenging conditions for the year to 26 September. Like-for-like...
Mitchells & Butlers sees modest consumer recovery
26-Nov-2009 By Hamish Champ
Managed pub operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has created three new retail 'channels' in order to appeal to different spending patterns...
30-Sep-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers has appointed three managing directors to run three defined segments of its 2,000-strong pub and restaurant estate. The...
24-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney
M&B has warned the outlook for consumer spending is "uncertain" because of rising unemployment and the scheduled VAT rise.
18-Sep-2009 By The PMA Team
A M&B field trip to its own and competitors' pubs has spotlighted the "glaring differences in price point on product and asset quality".
28-Aug-2009 By The PMA Team
Managed pub company Mitchells & Butlers has appointed Denis Jackson and Ray MacSharry as non-executive directors. Denis Jackson has significant...
03-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has appointed Adam Fowle as chief executive. Fowle had been acting chief executive at M&B since Tim Clarke resigned on 21 May.
23-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Mitchell's of Lancaster, the family-owned pub operator and brewer, is selling six freehold pubs as part of a rationalisation of the pub group's...
M&B gives Joe Lewis seat on board
16-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has acceded to pressure from investor Joe Lewis, who bought Robert Tchenguiz's R20 share in the company last October, by appointing Richard McGuire as a non-executive director of the company.
M&B appoints key shareholder's lieutenant to board
16-Jul-2009 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has appointed Richard McGuire, a representative of one of the managed pub group's leading shareholders Joe Lewis to...
Mitchells to open Eric Morecambe pub
14-Jul-2009 By The PMA Team
Lancaster-based pub operator Mitchells is to open a new seafront pub and leisure complex devoted to locally-born comedian Eric Morecambe. The...
30-Jun-2009 By Gemma McKenna
An Ember Inns customer has won a national competition to brew her own ale, which will be sold in 170 pubs nationwide. Michelle Martin, who has named...
22-Jun-2009 By Ewan Turney
A consortium of Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) investors are demanding two seats on the board, according to reports.
29-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers boss Tim Clarke quit last week after fresh hedge losses. The PMA Team looks at the background.
26-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Multiple operator Innventure is set to buy the freehold of one of its Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) franchise sites for £1.39m.
21-May-2009 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers boss Tim Clarke has resigned from the company after it was forced to pay another £96m pre-tax to settle a disastrous hedge swap.
Hunt for new M&B boss could take nine months
21-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
Adam Fowle, Mitchells & Butlers acting chief executive, said the process to find a successor to Tim Clarke could take up to nine months.M&B...
Tim Clarke resigns as Mitchells & Butlers boss
21-May-2009 By Hamish Champ
Tim Clarke has resigned as chief executive of Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), to be temporarily replaced by Adam Fowle, currently the group's...
06-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is to introduce a calorie counter on menus at its Harvester and Scream pubs.
M&B to put calorie counts on Harvester and Scream menus
06-Apr-2009
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) is to print calorie counts for dishes on the menus at two of its pub brands - Harvester and Scream.The UK's biggest...
05-Mar-2009 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers is set to expand its new-format Pub & Grill offering to 19 O'Neill's. Pub & Grill was trialled in seven O'Neill's...
05-Mar-2009 By The PMA Team
Mitchells & Butlers has been fined £13,000 after one of its pubs in Formby breached food hygiene regulations. Food safety officers visited the...
03-Feb-2009 By Mark Stretton, M&C Report
Mitchells & Butlers is quietly expanding its Miller & Carter steakhouse format, with three new sites to open in the coming weeks. Britain's...
29-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Mitchells & Butlers pubs appear to be weathering the storm as it announced a 1% rise in like-for-like sales for the 17 weeks to 24 January— chiefly driven by its value food offers and a rise in cask ale volumes.
Eating-out market will shrink, warns M&B
29-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
All Bar One operator Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) said it expects the consumer's appetite for drinking and eating out in pubs to worsen as the...
M&B's Mike Bramley to retire
21-Jan-2009 By Hamish Champ
Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has announced the imminent retirement of Mike Bramley, head of the group's pubs and bars division.Bramley has been...
